Dish-washing machine



' M.. E. HOSTATEFI.

DI-SH WASHING MACHINE. APPLICATION FILED FEB. 24. 1911.

Patented ont. 11, 192:1.

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MARGARET ELONER HOSTATER, 0F WESTFIELD, NEW 'Y.'ORK.

DISHWASHING MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 11, 1921.

'Application filed February 24, 1,917. seriai No. 150,775.

To all whom t may-concern.'

Be it known that I, MARGARET ELONER Hos'rA'rER, a citizen'of the United States, and resident of IVestield, in the county of Chautauqua and vState of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improve ments in Disli-IVashing Machines, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an improved dish washing device.

The dominant object of the invention is to provide a dish washing device for receiving soiled dishes therein and rotating the same in a cleansing solution to remove all foreign matter therefrom, whereupon, the same may be removed from the cleansing solution and then rinsed.

Another object of the invention is to provide novel means for receiving the dishes to be cleansed so that the same can be readily removed to allow the cleansing or rinsing solution to drain therefrom.

A further objectof the invention is to provide means for rotating the dish receiving means in the cleansing solution, the said means being detachably associated therewith to permit theremoval of the saine when placing or removing dishes from the receiving means.

Other improvements and novel details in thevconstruction and arrangement of parts will be appreciated from the detailed description below, which is to be read in connection with the accompanying drawings forming a part hereof, and wherein I disclose the preferred embodiment of the in-` vention for the purpose of illustration.

In the drawings:

Figure l is a vertical section of my improved dish washing device;

Fig. 2 is a top plan of the saine with the primary container closure removed; and Fig. 3 is a fragmental detail in perspective of a portion of one side wall of the primary container.

Similar characters of reference are employed in al1 of the above described views to indicate corresponding parts.

Referring' now more lspecifically to the several figures of the said' drawings, there is provided aprimary container 1, the bottom of which is formed concavo-convex and has arranged concentrically thereof a bearing pocket 2. Hand holds 3 are arranged upon the sides' of the primar containerl l at substantially diametrica ly opposite points, thus, providing means to facilitate the moving of the same from place to place. ,A cap like closure 4 having a depending annular flange 4 formed thereon, is adapted tobe snugly engaged with the mouth of the primary container l and has an outwardly extending flange 4" and also has formed in the body thereof an opening surrounded by a collar 4, the purpose of which will be sub sequently apparent. -Within the upper extremity of the side walls of the container 1, I form a plurality of oppositely disposed notches or seats 5, the seats being of a depth to extend below the depending fiange 4a and collar 4c formed upon the closure 4 when the same is arranged over the mouth of the primary container.

Within the primary container l, I arrange a secondary foraminated container 6, this container being of a size slightly less than that of the primary container but being of a shape complcmentalthereto in order that the same may be loosely positioned therein. A plurality of legs 7 are arranged .'uponthe bottom of the secondary container 6 while a bearing pintle 8 is arranged concentrically of the bottom and is of less length than the legs 7 and normally received within the bearing pocket 2 formed lin the concavo-convex bottom of the prmilly Con tainer. By the peculiar mounting of the secondary container within the primary container, it is evident that the various legs 7 formedfupon the bottom of the said secondary container will be maintained'in spaced relation from the bottom of the primary container and as a consequence, rotation of the same is permitted. To facilitate handling of the secondary container 6 a plurality of hand pieces 9 are pivotally secured to the sides thereof inv Iproximity of the top of the same, thus, enabling the user to readily grasp the saine when removing the secondary container from the cleansing solution, as received by the primary container l. A plurality of apertured lugs l() are formed upon the inner surface of thetsecondary receptacle mouth and receives therein at times,

portions of locking lugs 11 as carried upon a closure .12 for thesecondary container.

.With a view toward providing means whereby the secondary container may be rotated within the primary container to cause the circulation of the cleansing solution through the foraminated side walls of the same into engagement with the dishes contained therein, a cross bar 13 having the opposite ends thereof reduced as at 14 spans the upper end of the primary container 1, the said4 reduced ends seating within Vthe .seat 5 therefor and projecting beyond the against longitudinal movement'in the container. A gear 15 'is rotatably mounted upon the cross bar and has the shaft therefor extended upwardly and squared as at 16, the said squared portion extending through the openings formed in the primary container closure 4 to allo'w'the engaging of a crank handle 17 therewith. Upon' the upper face of the closure 12 there is fixedly mounted a second gear 18, the stub-shaft of which is loosely engaged with a suitable opening formed in the cross bar 13, thus, bracing or rigidifying the gear 18, in order that the same may be constantly maintained in mesh with the gear 15.

Obviously, by rotating the crank handle 17, rotary motion will be imparted to the secondary container 6,'hence, the cleansing solution as'arranged in the container 1 will be agitated thereby and causedto thoroughly circulate about. the various dishes positioned within the said secondary container. Vhen the dishes have been properly cleansed, the crank handle 17 may be readily disengaged from the squared portion 16 of the stubshaft of the gear 15 and the' closure 4 together with the cross bar 13 then removed. The secondary container 6 may be now removed from the primary-container and its cleansing solution and placed within or upon a sink or suitable receptacle, whereupon the cleansing solution remaining therein will be permitted to readily drain therefrom. The container' 6, when removed, may be evenly supported upon the several legs 7 which,'as stated, extend below the pintle 8. The cover 12 may be now removed by Vslightly turning the same to bring the locking lugs 11 out of engagement' with the apertured lugs l() and pulhngthe same upward. A rinsing water is then pouredover the dishes, thus, rendering the same ready for drying.

To permit the draining of the cleansing solution fromthe primary container 1, there is formed within the bottom of the same an internally screw threaded opening into which a screw threaded plug 19 is turned.

If desired, the device can be operated by a motor, the handlebeing removed and suitable gearing substituted therefor.

Still further embodiments of the invention than those herein especially defined may be resorted to as conditions or preference may dictate, as may be in keeping with the hereto appended claim.

I claim:

In a dish washing machine an outer imperforate. and an inner perforate container spaced apart and supported to provide for the rotation of the inner container within the. outer both being provided with removable closures, the closure of the outer container being flanged and having an opening therein, said container having diametrically opposite notches in its upper edge of a depth greater than the flange of its closure, a cross bar having reduced ends detachably mounted in said notches and projecting beyond the 4side walls of said outer container, said ends havingT shoulders at their junctions with said bar vwhich engage the inner face of the outer container adjacent said notches to hold the bar against longitudinal movement, inter meshing-gears carried by said cross bar and the closure of the inner conta-iner, the journal of the cross bar carried gear extending through the opening in the closure of the outer container and equipped 4with an actuating handle for rotating the gears to operate the inner container, the flange on the outer container closure bearing on said cross bar to assist in retaining said bar in operative position, the closure snugly fitting the upper end of the outerl container above the projecting cross bar ends with its flange resting on Said ends to assist in retaining the bar in operative position.

In testimony whereof, .I affix my signature hereto.

MARGARET ELONER HOSTATER. 

